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Living Room / Re: Barebone server: what else do I need to complete it?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 28, 2012, 07:23 AM »

Note: rackmount servers are heavy, noisy (as in 747 takeoff noisy) and run hot. So think about where you're gonna put it. Server rooms

-40hz (September 27, 2012, 01:34 PM)

+1 x 10 I just got a great deal on an off lease Dell (1U rack mount) data center server. On start up that thing will flat-out wake the freaking dead! - (Think locked it a closet with 19 vacuum cleaners) - Hell, even with the fans at 'idle' it gave me a headach after sitting next to it for a few hours.

@SB Supermicro does make some great stuff. My home office's main server is a supermicro box that has been running rock steady 24/7 for about 6/7 years now. Unless you have a basement you're not using ...(seriously it really is that loud)... Go for a tower server with an external array.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Demise of the Desktop (Free ALTools licenses too!)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 28, 2012, 06:53 AM »

I'll just say it here, all SAAS services strike me as that scene in Total Recall where some guy charged for air and turned it off when he didn't get what he wanted.

-TaoPhoenix (September 27, 2012, 07:35 PM)

 

...I'm sorry, it seems that due to a billing error...your existence has been deleted. If you like you can file a complaint with our proof-of-life department (to open a new account). Would you like me to transfer you there now??

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General Software Discussion / Re: Antivirus-less setup

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 28, 2012, 06:47 AM »

Heuristics be damned, even with AV running on full KiLL the first ~50,000 that encounter a new bug/exploit are effectively, completely unprotected. While I am currently still running MSE, before starting that experiment I ran without anything other than common sense and the 80/20 rule.

Security is something that is practiced...not installed.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: aShampoo Burning Studio 11

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 27, 2012, 10:37 AM »

And for dvd production, i use professional quality tools only because I am an obnoxiously picky person and like to complicate my life needlessly.

-superboyac (September 26, 2012, 05:13 PM)

And we like that about you. So what are you using for DVD burning/producing?

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Living Room / Re: SpammerScammer

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 26, 2012, 05:56 PM »

Either way, a DENIAL OF SERVICE, is occurring of a DISTRIBUTED nature. The "scammer" in this case would be denied the ability to perform their "service". DDoS is not simply limited to IP flooding, Security 101.

-Josh (September 26, 2012, 05:14 PM)

Hehehehehe 

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Living Room / Re: SpammerScammer

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 26, 2012, 07:21 AM »

That's 3000 - 5000 emails to sort through in the hopes that one person sent his personal information.

-Webpirate (September 22, 2012, 11:29 PM)

The bogus email volume should be smaller/a believable size, and should contain auto-generated bogus personal information, which should make it a complete waste of time for the scammer. Especially if the Fuzz are alerted to watch for the personal info they're about to try using...

-Stoic Joker (September 25, 2012, 11:57 AM)

 A smaller volume of bogus emails would defeat the purpose, which is to overwhelm the scammer and force him to give up on that particular scam and start all over with a new return email address.

-Tinman57 (September 25, 2012, 06:40 PM)

With a large volume of misc. mail, they know they're being attacked. But with a small volume of valid looking garbage data they're being toyed with in a cat and mouse fashion. Think about it. Their 'product' is bulk quantities of stolen identities. If their 'product' can be tainted...so will their reputation be. Making them a paria to their buyers.

It's like giving them a full clip of blank ammo in the middle of a fire fight.

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Living Room / Re: $10 for a Facebook Post? Huh?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 26, 2012, 07:12 AM »

Friends don't let friends use Facebook.

-40hz (September 25, 2012, 08:07 PM)

Can we get Facebook declared a Cruel and Unusual punishment? 

-TaoPhoenix (September 25, 2012, 08:16 PM)

Not sure, I think it actually falls under the 'Self Abuse' catagory.

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Living Room / Re: Recharge Your Tesla for FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 26, 2012, 07:04 AM »

I've always liked these guys for breaking the green cars have to be neutered mold. The Tesla is flat-out fast with a 0-60 time in the 4sec range and a top speed of 130mph ... Now that is a proper car! The completely castrated, vomit worthy Toyota Prius and idiotically dangerous "Smart" cars that makeup the classic 'Green Mobile' are just gay hippie fashion statements.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 25, 2012, 03:06 PM »

Apple Maps, the quickest way to get nowhere in particular.

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Living Room / Re: SpammerScammer

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 25, 2012, 11:57 AM »

That's 3000 - 5000 emails to sort through in the hopes that one person sent his personal information.

-Webpirate (September 22, 2012, 11:29 PM)

The bogus email volume should be smaller/a believable size, and should contain auto-generated bogus personal information, which should make it a complete waste of time for the scammer. Especially if the Fuzz are alerted to watch for the personal info they're about to try using...

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Living Room / Re: MegaUpload Comeback?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 25, 2012, 11:44 AM »

What was done (with questionable legality) once can be done again. I don't think he - or Megaupload - are out of the woods just yet...

-40hz (September 24, 2012, 06:15 PM)

He ain't out of the woods...but he ain't deep in them either. And if he can make a big enough mess (not a huge one...) on the way out, the Feds will have to go looking for a fight they can win elsewhere. Kinda of a question of which one do they hate worse, losing or wasting time.

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Living Room / Re: Interview with Richard Stallman

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 25, 2012, 07:06 AM »

IMHO, SaaS is just a marketing buzzword for putting a taxi meter on a piece of code rather than licensing it outright. To me, it's a revenue model - not a technical or functional distinction. And it has its place (I suppose) in corporate IT planning and strategy.

-40hz (September 24, 2012, 05:57 PM)

Agreed 100%, it's a BS gimmick to keep the customer from "wasting" money on in-house IT staff by making them piss it directly uphill to the vendor.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: CompGator.com - new computer related website

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 25, 2012, 06:55 AM »

The white on white mouseover menu item thing is a bit disconcerting, but good luck with the project.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Organize files using virtual folders

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 22, 2012, 09:41 AM »

Isn't that what the native Windows Libraries feature is for? Combined with saved custom searches (grouped by date/size/etc) should make for a fairly flexible solution.

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Living Room / Re: For XKCD fans

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 22, 2012, 09:26 AM »

Guess I'll be installing FF on something then.

Thanks Tomos

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Living Room / Re: For XKCD fans

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 21, 2012, 03:49 PM »

on the .de link, it works like google maps:

• you can zoom in and out with just the mouse wheel (doesnt work with control) and
• it will zoom into wherever the mouse pointer is

Makes it easier to find the interesting bits without killing your wrist with all that click and drag

http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/

-tomos (September 21, 2012, 03:14 PM)

That would definitely be a godsend -- as the clicking is killing me (arthritis) -- but is this a FF only thing?? The lower map frame doesn't show up for me in IE.

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Living Room / Re: Help scientists decipher 'lost' gospel

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 21, 2012, 02:46 PM »

Dynamic Apathy

-40hz (September 21, 2012, 01:50 PM)

(I needed a good laugh today) Damn you're good!

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Developer's Corner / Re: change page size for default printer

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 21, 2012, 11:35 AM »

It sounds to me like it is just streaming to report to the printer as one big report sized page. Instead of breaking the output down into (paginated) page sized blocks that would then "fit" into the tear off points.

Just to be clear, what is actually sending the print job/report to the print driver, your code, or the Crystal/MS reporting software.

If it is your code that is sending the print job to the driver, then you should be able to paginate it to any paper size you like.

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Living Room / Re: Thread to annoy mouser

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 20, 2012, 12:26 PM »

I freaking love Gustave Dore.  My real fantasy would be to make animation in the style of Dore etchings: (see attachment in previous post)

-superboyac (September 20, 2012, 11:03 AM)

lol, is that posted in the wrong thread (or am I missing something?)

-tomos (September 20, 2012, 12:09 PM)

I'm thinking it's an extension on the Titled Windmills theme, as the fellow in the pic appears to be losing a fight with one that he is trying to "tilt".

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Developer's Corner / Re: change page size for default printer

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 20, 2012, 11:14 AM »

Detail given are insufficient...is this for a program you are writing, using, or trying to configure?

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Developer's Corner / Re: A Bonehead Programming "Bug"

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 20, 2012, 07:01 AM »

Anyways, thought that might be a bit entertaining for a few here. (Am I the only one to have done this?)

-Renegade (September 20, 2012, 03:49 AM)

I can attest to there being at least two of us guilty of that.

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Living Room / Re: Thread to annoy mouser

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 19, 2012, 04:00 PM »

I'm confused... it wasn't moved?

-wraith808 (September 19, 2012, 03:26 PM)

it's been around the block and back again

-tomos (September 19, 2012, 03:52 PM)

...And that is why one should never annoy, the Admin.

Admins' tend to have dark senses of humor, and dislike losing. 

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 19, 2012, 02:05 PM »

So what songs do you know that all the words in them start with f...

-Stoic Joker (September 19, 2012, 12:43 PM)

LimpBizkit come close:
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=_tW4yXjwSXE

-tomos (September 19, 2012, 01:38 PM)

Haha! Good answer ... And the first time I've smiled all day. 

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 19, 2012, 12:43 PM »

I'm on day of a server (went boom) outage. I spent yesterday reloading the OS & etc. Today I spent trying to figure out which one of the brand new drives I'd overnighted was defective ... because after reloading the OS (and etc...) 3 times the array (mirror with hotspare) kept coming unwound (Foreign configuration detected (Err? WTF?)).

So what songs do you know that all the words in them start with f...

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 19, 2012, 11:36 AM »

This week being a complete nightmare, after reading ^that^ I now have to ram a fork through one of my testicles in the hopes that I will wake up screaming.